The perfect routine for your blonde hair
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Blond hair is still the number one chosen hair colour worldwide. Yes, blond girls do have more fun! Every woman dreams of beautiful blonde locks, but achieving those stunning locks often damages the hair. That’s why we’ve created the Perfect routine for every blonde. Whether you choose gold, honey, or ash blonde, keeping your coloured blonde hair vibrant and healthy always takes effort. Even natural blonde locks need a good hair care routine. A good routine starts with identifying your hair type and choosing suitable hair care products for blonde hair. Based on this blog, you can determine your hair type, making product choices for blonde hair a piece of cake. Curious? Read on quickly!
The first step is to find out your hair type, and that’s not only about straight or curly hair. Many factors determine what products you need. With this overview, you develop a hair routine that fits you and your hair. This overview offers different options to make your hair routine as extensive or as Siimple as you want. Below is an overview of the different blonde hair types, with routines for each:
- Coloured hair - grey/white hair
- Coloured hair - normal hair
- Coloured hair - damaged hair
- Coloured hair - curly hair
- Natural blonde hair - fine to normal hair
- Natural blonde hair - normal to thick hair
- Natural blonde hair - curly hair
Have you found your hair type? Read below the detailed routine for your blonde hair:
The Perfect routine for coloured, grey/white hair
Are you totally in love with your ash blonde hair? Your colour can never be cool enough. This hair colour is wildly popular but maintaining ash or grey blonde hair is not always easy. Coloured hair almost always develops an orange or yellow tint over time. This is caused by a chemical reaction where the pigments in the hair oxidise. Fortunately, you can neutralise this warm glow with the right silver shampoo.
This is your hair type:
To quickly find out if your hair matches this type, here are the most common characteristics of coloured grey/white hair:
- Your hair has an ashSi tone
- Your hair has highlights, babylights or balayage
- Feels dry
This is what your hair type needs:
To keep your beautiful ash blonde colour, it’s important to use a good, suitable silver shampoo. To make it easier to choose from many silver shampoos, we selected the most popular ones for you! The More Extreme Silver Shampoo is very strongly pigmented. If you quickly get a warm undertone, the Extreme Silver Shampoo by MORE Haircare is a Perfect silver shampoo to keep your hair cool and ashSi toned. Do your locks need some care? You don’t have to choose between colour maintenance and care for your ash blonde locks. With the Olaplex Blonde Toning Shampoo, it’s easy peasy to bring your hair back into optimal condition and neutralise unwanted yellow pigments. If you prefer the most affordable silver shampoo, the Fudge Violet Shampoo is highly recommended! In the beautySindustry, we finally embrace our grey hair. Not necessarily our own grey hair, but coloured grey hair shades. Work with a true colour expert to try to get your hair as light as your natural grey shade. Then use good hair care and ask your hairdresser to apply a toner every few weeks to keep your colour from turning yellow-grey. Besides colour maintenance, caring for your hair is a must! Using the right care for white/grey coloured hair prevents dull, dry looking colour. To achieve a beautiful shiny colour, we selected these care products: MORE Haircare Silver Conditioner is the perfect addition to the MORE Haircare Silver Shampoo. This pigmented silver conditioner nourishes your hair keeping it soft while removing yellow tones. With a silver conditioner, you’re sure to keep your cool blonde colour with extra care. More for less! Using the Olaplex silver shampoo? The other Olaplex products provide a great complement for intense at-home treatment. Besides shampoo, conditioner, or mask, styling products are part of a Perfect routine for your white/grey locks, like the BioSilk serum for Perfect shine and heat protection. Finish your look with matching hairspray for long-lasting style.
Must-haves in your beauty bag:
- For a strongly pigmented silver shampoo: More Extreme Silver Set
- For extra care: Olaplex Blonde Toning Shampoo No.4P
- Best value for money: Fudge Violet Shampoo
- A serum, like the: BioSilk Silk Therapy Original
- Aheat protector, like the: Lee Stafford Heat Protection Shine Mist
The Perfect routine:
Washing routine:
Apply the chosen silver shampoo to wet hair. Distribute over hair and lather well. Leave the silver shampoo on for 1-3 minutes, depending on the desired effect. For a stronger tone, leave the silver shampoo on for up to 5 minutes. Then rinse thoroughly. Follow silver shampoo with a silver conditioner/mask for optimal neutralisation. This way you maintain the colour Perfect and give your hair THAT grey colour others can only dream of!
Styling routine:
Styling your hair is as important as washing in a hair routine. How to get a Perfect styled mane during styling? After washing, towel-dry your hair. For more shine and less frizz, a serum is a Perfect styling product. It can be applied to damp or dry hair. The BioSilk Silk Therapy Original prevents and repairs split ends and gives beautiful shine. Blow-dry or use heat tools like curling or straightening irons? Then use a heat protector Spray like the Lee Stafford Heat Protection Shine Mist. Style your hair as usual and finish with hairspray for long-lasting style!
